Anaphothrips, Uzel, 1895

Evdokarova, T. G. & Vierbergen, G., 2023, Addition to the list of species of the genus Anaphothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from Russia, Russian Entomological Journal 32 (2), pp. 146-147 : 146-147

KEY TO RUSSIAN SPECIES OF ANAPHOTHRIPS

1 Antennae 8-segmented ................................................. 2

— Antennae 9-segmented, segment VI with transverse or oblique transverse suture ............................................. 4

2 Abdominal tergite VIII posteromarginal comb complete, without craspedia; female macropterous or micropterous, male micropterous; both sexes completely yellow, but macropterous female usually yellow with a brown spot pattern ............................ A. gracillimus Priesner, 1923

— Abdominal tergite VIII posteromarginal comb absent, weakly developed laterally or with a row of short microtrichia on teeth like craspedia ....................................... 3

3 Both sexes macropterous, with body predominantly dark brown; abdominal tergite VIII posteromarginal comb laterally weakly developed or absent; tergite IX S1 usually longer than length of tergite ....................................... .............................................. A. euphorbiae Uzel, 1895

— Both sexes usually micropterous, rarely female macropterous; body brown, often with head partly or completely yellow; abdominal tergite VIII with a complete row of short microtrichia on teeth like craspedia or having these craspedia with microtrichia only marginally, tergite IX S1 equal or shorter than length of tergite ................. ........................................ A. atroapterus Priesner, 1921

4 Female body yellow or predominantly yellow; antennal segment VI with or without transverse suture; abdominal tergite VIII posteromarginally without dentate craspedium ................................................................................. 5

— Female body brown; antennal segment VI with a transverse suture; abdominal tergite VIII posteromarginally

How to cite this article: Evdokarova T.G., Vierbergen G. 2023. Addition to the list of species of the genus Anaphothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from Russia // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.32. No.2. P.146–147. doi: 10.15298/rusentj.32.2.03 with comb of long microtrichia or with dentate craspedium ................................................................................. 6

5 Body completely yellow or with brown markings on pronotum, laterally on meso- and metanotum and medially on tergite II–VII; antennal segment VI with an oblique suture; metascutum with a pair of campaniform sensillae; abdominal tergite VIII posteromarginally with comb of long microtrichia; micropterous and macropterous ....... ............................................ A. obscurus (Müller, 1776)

— Body completely yellow without brown spots; antennal segment VI with a transverse suture; metascutum without campaniform sensillae; abdominal tergites II–VII with lateral serrations at posterior margin; male on sternite III– VII with small round to oval pores ................................ ......................................... A. ponokikirmui Kudo, 1989

6 Both sexes macropterous with metascutum and -scutellum well separated; body brown; abdominal tergite VIII posterior margin with comb of long microtrichia, male sternites III–VII with small circular pore plates ............ ............................................ A. badius (Williams, 1913)

— Both sexes micropterous, tending to be apterous by completely or partially fused metascutum and -scutellum; female body brown and male body yellow; abdominal tergite VIII posterior margin with dentate craspedium;

male sternites III–VII with C-shaped pore plates .......... ................................ A. dentatus Cui, Xi et Wang, 2017

Acknowledgement. Victoriya Rhozina (Inter-regional Veterinary Laboratory, Kaliningrad, RU) is thanked for notifying us on [2023].

The research was carried out within the state assignment of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (theme No. FWRS-2021-0044, reg. No.121020500194-9)

Competing interests. The authors declare no competing interests.